Released: October 7, 1997
Featuring: Joni Mitchell Q-Tip
Songwriter: Janet Jackson Q-Tip Joni Mitchell René Elizondo Jr Michael Kwesi Graves Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Des’ree
Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Janet Jackson
[Intro: Janet & Q-Tip]
What’s, what’s the next song?
The one about me
Oh, yeah, I like this… like Joni says
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
[Verse 1: Janet]
Have a feeling, now believing that you
Were the one I was meant to be with
Oh how I’m wishing, thinking, dreaming
Bout you, and the love
How’d I ever let you get away
[Manipulated Joni Mitchell sample]
Don’t it always seem
Don’t it always seem
Don’t it always seem
Don’t it always seem
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
[Verse 2: Janet]
If I could turn back the hands of time
Make you, fall in love, in love with me again
So would you give me another chance to love
To love you, love you the right way, no games
Got until it's gone
Got until it's gone
Joni Mitchel never lies
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til...
[Verse 3: Q-Tip]
One two, one two, yo
Let me just fuck with it for a minute, what
(that you don't what you've got til it's gone)
Now you realizing when them nights go long, right
Campaign for me to stay when you know that I’m gone, right
You act all wild, when I tell you to settle
I was working round the clock, but your girls want to meddle
Talk about I heard he swims with this chick on the beach
That was out with the tide but my love you impeach
Now you looking at the walls, head in hands, cold jonezin
Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing
[Interlude: Q-Tip]
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
[Outro: Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell sample]
Yo, do you feel that?
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Dust
What’s, what’s the next song?
The one about me
Oh, yeah, I like this… like Joni says
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
[Verse 1: Janet]
Have a feeling, now believing that you
Were the one I was meant to be with
Oh how I’m wishing, thinking, dreaming
Bout you, and the love
How’d I ever let you get away
[Manipulated Joni Mitchell sample]
Don’t it always seem
Don’t it always seem
Don’t it always seem
Don’t it always seem
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
[Verse 2: Janet]
If I could turn back the hands of time
Make you, fall in love, in love with me again
So would you give me another chance to love
To love you, love you the right way, no games
Got until it's gone
Got until it's gone
Joni Mitchel never lies
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til...
[Verse 3: Q-Tip]
One two, one two, yo
Let me just fuck with it for a minute, what
(that you don't what you've got til it's gone)
Now you realizing when them nights go long, right
Campaign for me to stay when you know that I’m gone, right
You act all wild, when I tell you to settle
I was working round the clock, but your girls want to meddle
Talk about I heard he swims with this chick on the beach
That was out with the tide but my love you impeach
Now you looking at the walls, head in hands, cold jonezin
Ringing my house, hanging up and imposing
[Interlude: Q-Tip]
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that and do that huh
And why you wanna go and do that love, huh
Now why you wanna go and do that
[Refrain: Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Joni Mitchell never lies
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
[Outro: Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell sample]
Yo, do you feel that?
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Dust
more tracks from the album
The Velvet Rope
- Got ’Til It’s Gone
- Interlude: Online
- Empty
- Interlude: Speaker Phone
- Interlude: Full
- Can’t Be Stopped
- Anything
- Special
- Go Deep
- You
- Every Time
- I Get Lonely
- What About
- Interlude: Twisted Elegance
- Velvet Rope
- Interlude: Memory
- My Need
- Tonight’s the Night
- Interlude: Sad
- Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts
- Rope Burn
- Together Again
- Free Xone
From the albums
- The Velvet Rope (1997)
- Number Ones (2009)
Janet Jackson popular songs
- No Sleeep
- If
- Nasty
- Would You Mind
- All for You
- Together Again
- BURNITUP!
- Got ’Til It’s Gone
- Any Time, Any Place
- That’s the Way Love Goes
- Dammn Baby
- I Get Lonely
- Doesn’t Really Matter
- Black Cat
- Control
- Again
- No Sleeep (Single Version)
- Unbreakable
- Rhythm Nation
- What About
- Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
- Feedback
- Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)
- Call on Me